Addressing the challenges of cleft lip and palate research in India

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Mossey, Peter ^a   Little, Julian ^b  

^a DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Epidemiology; Genetics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949092474     PISSN: 09700358     EISSN: 1998376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.57182     Document Type: Review

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